BOOK PEGASUS BRIDGE JUNE 6, 1944 (BOX48)

 COURTESY OF GIBSONS TACTICAL TAVERN                                                                       MILITARY SURPLUS LISTING INDIVIDUALLY PICTURED

 PEGASUS BRIDGE: JUNE 6, 1944

AUTHOR: STEPHEN E. AMBROSE

PUBLISHER: SIMON AND SCHUSTER PAPERBACKS   NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT: 1985 BY STEPHEN E. AMBROSE

ISBN: 13: 978-0-671-62374-9                                                                                                ISBN: 10:  0-671-52374-0                                                                                                      ISBN:  13: 978-0-671-67156-3 (PAPERBACK)                                                                          ISBN:  10:    0-671-67156-1 (PAPERBACK)

IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 6, 1944, A SMALL DETACHMENT OF BRITISH AIRBORNE TROOPS STORMED THE GERMAN DEFENSE FORCES AND PAVED THE WAY FOR THE ALLIED INVASION OF EUROPE. PEGASUS BRIDGE WAS THE FIRST ENGAGEMENT OF  D-DAY, THE TURNING POINT OF WORLD WAR TWO.  THIS GRIPPING ACCOUNT BY ACCLAIMED HISTORIAN STEPHEN E. AMBROSE BRINGS TO LIFE A DARING MISSION SO CRUCIAL THAT HAD IT BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL THE ENTIRE NORMANDY INVASION MIGHT HAVE FAILED.  AMBROSE TRACES EACH STEP OF THE PREPARATIONS OVER MANY MONTHS TO THE MINUTE BY MINUTE EXCITEMENT OF THE HAND TO HAND CONFRONTATION ON THE BRIDGE.  THIS IS A STORY OF HEROISM AND COWARDICE, KINDNESS AND BRUTALITY--THE STUFF OF GREAT HISTORY.

THE DENVER POST:  "THE BEST WAR STORY THIS REVIEWER HAS EVER READ!"